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“boustrophedons”
1. An ancient form of writing with lines alternately written left-to-right and right-to-left: "Boustrophedon is actually a philologists' techspeak and typesetters' jargon."
"Erudite or knowledgeable hackers use boustrophedons for an optimization performed by some computer-typesetting software and moving-head printers."
2. Etymology: from Greek, "turning as an ox in plowing" or "as the ox plows (ploughs)", from bous, "ox" + strephein, "to turn".
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boustro-
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-ology, -logy, -ologist, -logist
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stroph-, -strophy, -strophe, -strophical, -strophism, -strophic, -strophes, strepto-, strept-
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